"(Tomlinson) Church of God: A pentecostal holiness sect with headquartes at Cleveland, Tenn. Its early history corresponds with the Church of God, but a division occurred in 1922... The census reports 441 churches & 18,000 members. "

"Church of God: A pentecostal sect with headquarters in Cleveland, Tenn.. 1st org. as 'Christian Union' in 1886, reorganized as the 'Holiness Church' in 1902, and took its present name in 1907... 1,081 churches & 45,000 members. "

"One such group, which arose in Tennessee and North Carolina in the 1890s, was the Church of God (Tomlinson), so named after its first superintendent. The movement fragmented on a number of occasions, and subsequently claimed to be the first established Pentecostal denomination. The movement divided again at the death of its founder, one group following Milton Tomlinson as the Church of God of Prophecy... the other followed his brother, Homer Tomlinson, who claimed (perhaps exaggeratedly) 75,000 followers in the 1960s... "

"Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)... Guthrie, OK [H.Q.]... was formed by some ministers and laymen of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) who separated in 1910-/11 over what they felt had been compromises and changed in doctrine and practice... A vigorous mission program is supported in the Philippines, Nigeria, Mexico, and India... camp meetings are held across the U.S. and in Mexico and Canada. Membership: Not reported. "

Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column.

Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column.

Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day). "

Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. Listed as "Church of God (Seventh Day), Denver, CO "

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